Defense Held Tough Despite Icy Field Conditions

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It was cold and icy in Kansas City, which made for challenging field conditions. I've played in New England in the playoffs before and the field wasn't as bad as it was out there in Kansas City with all of the ice we had to deal with in certain areas of the field.

With conditions like that, there really are no cleats you can put on to help you get leverage with on the field. You couldn't dig in. You couldn't burst out of your stance. You couldn't take off. But it's football, and you've got to deal with it.

When you give up 65 percent on third down attempts, you don't often win. We believe we're a good defensive team on third down, but we didn't do that on Sunday. The Chiefs did a good job on third down, and it helped to sustain their drives. But we found ways to win the ball game. We got off the field when we needed to. We made interceptions in the fourth quarter, and we made the tackles when we needed to.
 
Despite not playing our best football for three quarters, we were able to find ways to get the win.